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Cardiac tamponade - Prevention

Alternative Names

Tamponade; Pericardial tamponade

Prevention:

Many cases are not preventable. Awareness of your personal risk factors may allow early diagnosis and treatment.

Heart, front view

Heart, front view

Pericardium

Cardiac tamponade

Cardiac tamponade

Reviewed last on: 5/15/2008
Robert A. Cowles, MD, Assistant Professor of Surgery, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.